Amazon Cloud Map

aid: amazon-cloud-map
name: Amazon Cloud Map
description: Amazon Cloud Map is a cloud resource discovery service that maintains an updated registry of application resources
  and their locations. Define custom names for application resources and use Cloud Map to dynamically discover service dependencies
  with integrated health checking and automatic updates.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- AWS
- Cloud Map
- Service Discovery
- Microservices
- DNS
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-cloud-map/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: Amazon Cloud Map API
  description: API for managing service discovery namespaces, services, and instances with health checking. Enables microservices
    to dynamically discover dependencies.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
  baseURL: https://servicediscovery.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - AWS
  - Cloud Map
  - Service Discovery
  - Microservices
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloud-map-openapi.yml
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-namespace-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloud-map-context.jsonld
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/amazon-cloud-map-openapi-overlay.yaml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/amazon-cloud-map-mcp.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloud-map-problem-types.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-cloud-map-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-cloud-map-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-cloud-map-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-cloud-map-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudmap/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-cloud-map
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-cloud-map-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-cloud-map-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-cloud-map-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-cloud-map-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-cloud-map-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-cloud-map-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-cloud-map-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-cloud-map-lifecycle.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Service Registry
    description: Maintain an up-to-date registry of application resources with custom naming.
  - name: Health Monitoring
    description: Continuously monitor health of every IP-based component and route only to healthy endpoints.
  - name: Dynamic Discovery
    description: Automatically update service registries as services scale up or down.
  - name: Custom Names
    description: Define custom names for application resources rather than hardcoding IP addresses.
  - name: Multi-Environment Support
    description: Maintain service registries across different deployment environments, regions, and application versions.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Microservice Discovery
    description: Enable services to locate dependencies in dynamic container environments with ECS and EKS.
  - name: Health-Based Routing
    description: Ensure traffic routes only to verified healthy service endpoints.
  - name: CI/CD Integration
    description: Automatically register and deregister services during CI/CD pipeline deployments.
  - name: Multi-Region Service Mesh
    description: Discover services across multiple AWS regions with a unified namespace.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon ECS
    description: Automatically register ECS task IPs in Cloud Map as containers launch.
  - name: Amazon EKS
    description: Integrate Kubernetes service discovery with Cloud Map for hybrid environments.
  - name: Amazon Route 53
    description: DNS-based service discovery backed by Route 53 private hosted zones.
  - name: AWS App Mesh
    description: Use Cloud Map as the service registry for App Mesh virtual services.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to Cloud Map namespaces with IAM policies.